Nude dude on bridge made bomb threat, deputies said | Video

By Barbara HijekFloriDUH

Late Tuesday afternoon deputies got a report about a suspicious person.

Suspicious indeed.

Some nude dude was waving his hands with raised arms as he walked along the middle of the Caloosahatchee River bridge in North Fort Myers, according to a news release from the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

Responding deputies wrapped a blanket around the naked man, who told them that his Hyundai, located by a nearby park, had a bomb and also indicated that it was rigged to blow, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The Southwest Florida Regional Bomb Squad then arrived with a robot and protective gear to examine the car.

The Bomb Squad experts determined there was no threat.

But authorities determined the man was a threat to himself and others and Baker Acted him, placing him in a mental health facility.